Posted February 9th, 2018
The Judiciary nationally has sufficient reserves to fund operations for several weeks. By an order of the chief judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will continue normal operations during a federal government shutdown. Absent further orders, Ninth Circuit courthouses in San Francisco and Pasadena, California, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington,… View Article

Posted February 9th, 2018
THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE UNITED STATED DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT: HONORING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF EQUAL PROTECTION Ratified in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides, in part, that… View Article

Posted February 9th, 2018
Starting February 1, 2018, the Northern District of California will participate for one year in a Pilot Program for Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action (the “Protocols”), initiated by the Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Protocols provide a new pretrial procedure for certain types of federal employment cases…. View Article

Posted February 9th, 2018
The Court is pleased to announce that it has selected San Francisco civil litigator Thomas S. Hixson to fill the magistrate judgeship to be vacated in September 2018 with the retirement of Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James. Mr. Hixson will join the Court after practicing for nearly 20 years with the San Francisco offices of law… View Article

Posted February 9th, 2018
To: All Individuals Listed in the National Court Interpreter Database Re: Interpreting-NCID Scam The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) was advised this morning that interpreters in several states received a scam email requesting money in exchange for being listed in the judiciary’s National Court Interpreter Database (NCID), which is used by federal… View Article

Posted February 9th, 2018
In the event of a government shutdown and until further notice, all divisions will continue to operate under normal schedule, including matters set for hearing and public hours. The court’s case management system (CM/ECF) and PACER, will remain available as well. http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/

Posted February 9th, 2018
Effective Monday, February 12, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court’s Los Angeles Division Intake Section will permanently relocate to Room 100 on the Terrace Level of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012. The new location is adjacent to the courthouse cafeteria. Debtors and other parties eligible… View Article

Posted February 9th, 2018
In the event that Congress does not pass an appropriations bill to continue funding the federal government beyond February 9, 2018, the federal judiciary will use other funds, such as fees collected, to enable federal courts to remain open for approximately three weeks through March 1, 2018. During that time, scheduled hearings will be held… View Article